Brassiere.



D. GLASGOW. BRASSIERE} APPLICATION FILED nor. 9, 1914.

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APPLICATION FILED OCT. 9. 1914.

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Application filed October 9, 1914. Serial No. 865,849.

concern;

Be it known that I, DANIEL GL-Asoow, a citizen of'the United States, andresident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State ofWisconsin, ave invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Brassieres; and I do hereby deelare-that'the foiliowlng'is a full,elea'r,'-and'exact descri tion'thereof.

My invention has for its ob 'ectto provide a simple, economical and eective flexible brassiere to support, confine and reduce stout figures,the same being so constructed and arranged in the form of, oppositelydisposed band elements as to be anchored midway and at'a low front point'tothe corset chored point the band elements are upwardly wound inopposite directions to firmly bind the, body, strap ends of thebandsections being crossed over the back and brought to the frontwheretjhey are-attached in any suitable manner. The brassiere thusaflixed causes a continuous draw upon all parts ofthe body that areconfined, whereby the form of the wearer is rmly' bound to shapizthe'figure at all points without strain. has the fieshy parts of thebody under'the arms,'the back and bust are firm'ly supported andrestricted to prevent bulging at the lines or exposure above the corset,such bulging being apparent in stout figures under all normal conditionswhen the form is corseted in the usual manner. Specific objects of myinvention are to shape the brassiere in such manner as to cause abracing effect without restricting-the pliability of body movement,-thisbeing due to the downwardly inclined crossed back stay portions of thebands which pass over the shoulders, bracing the back and compressin theshoulder blades.

Another important feature of my invention is the application of areinforcing medium that extends from a central point under the arms inopposite directions to resist the extra strain that is placed upon thebrassiere under ordinary conditions and to com press the parts mostlikely to bulge.

Still another important feature of my invention is the peculiarlydesigned upwardly curved under arm hip portion that extends from thefront point of anchorage and is merged into downwardly inclined straps.Thus the upper cut at the waist-line under the arms permit freedom ofthe hips.

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.wardly. It is With the above and other minor objects in view theinvention consists in certain peculiarities of construction andcombination of parts as set forth hereinafter with reference to theaccompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

I'n'the drawings Figures 1 and 2 represent a front and rear viewrespectively of a brassiere embodying the features of my invention, thesame being shown aflixed to a lay figure;

Fig. 3, a side elevation of the brassiere in figure, and

Fig. 4, a front elevation of the same distended or flattened out to showthe peculiar Referring by characters to the drawings, 1 represents afront V-shaped abdominal peak provided with corset-attaching means 2,whereby he lower central point of the brassiere is secured to the frontof a corset, as indicated in dotted lines. The pair of band sectionsextend from the front central point, as shown, and the lower edges ofthe band sections from said central point extend'upwardly and are mergedinto a curved portion 2 that sweeps under the arms and from thencedownwardly to the back. This curved portion 2 thus forms an upper out torelieve hip pressure. The back of the curved edge Wis merged into astraight downwardly :inclined portion 3 to form the lower line of astrap 4. The upper edges 6 (ff each strap taper slightly and areinclined upwardly in a' straight line to a point;

over the shoulders and from thence this. edge is merged into adownwardly inclined portion 6 that meets the companion edge 6 at acentral point to the front of the waist or brassiere, which centralpoint, as shown, is reinforced by a flexible stay 3'. By thisarrangement the brassiere is formed from the band sectionshaving frontbustsupporting portions A, short under arm supporting sections B, andback stay sections C, which back stay sections are merged into thestraps 4 that are inclined down understood that the bustsupportingportions A are suitably fulled to accommodate the contour of the bustwithout imparting over strain thereto and just above the under armsupporting sections B the band elements are cut away to form arm holesD,the upper edges of the arm holes being spaced from the upper edges l3and (3' a slillicient distance to form shoulder straps E, The under armsup-' that when the brassiere is fixed to the figure,

as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings,the reinforced fields assume theircorrect -positions relative to the shoulder blades, whereby the desiredcompression for forming a brace is efi'ected, while, at. the same time,the under arm. reinforcements will -eflectually resist the compressionstrain placed upon the bulging flesh of the wearer, which wouldotherwise extend above the upper line of the corset, as indicated indotted lines.

From the foregoing description and -by referring to Figs. lto 3 of thedrawings, it will be seen that when the brassiere is affixed to the bodyof the wearer it will draw from the frontpoint of anchorage inthedirection of the arrows, over the shoulders and under the armsandfrom thence downwardly in the direction of the arrows, as shown in Fig.2, over the shoulderblades, the strap members crossing each other midwayof the back, exerting a draw in the direction as indicated by saldarrows, forming a complete circuit from front to rear and from thenceback to the front, at which pointvthe straps are secured by a buckle 8or other means. Thus by the arrangement of attaching the straps at thefront the waist or abdomen is under compressionand the straps will lapthe lower V-shaped edge of the brassiere to firmly confine all parts andthe article as awhole will have an effect .stantially straight,

similar to that of a bandage which will draw from the shoulders andcompress the parts throughout its entirety, but will .p mit movement ofthe body, while at the same. time it will serve as a shoulder, brace."Iclaim: A combined brassiere and brace for relatively stout peopleincluding a front por: tion having its upper edge e V-shape with thepoint of said V adapted for disposition between the upper portions ofthe breast of the wearer, the sides of said ;V being subthe lower edgeof the front being-substantially V-shaped, means for securing thecentral portion of the said lower edge to a garment, shoulder and sideportions adapted to fit respectively against the tops of the shouldersand sides of the wearer," and merging into the top and side portions ofthesaid front tions connecting the shoul er and side por tions andadapted to extend transversely of the back of the wearer and strapportions merging with the said last named portions and ada ted to extendabout the body of the wearer or securement at the front, and both mergedbackand strap portions being substantially straight and extendingdiagonally, whereby tension exerted upon the- Y strap portions whendisposed about the 75 wearer will exert'a uniform tension throu hv outthe entire brassiere and brace, the slde portions and back portionsbeing substantially reinforced as described. 1 In testimony that I claimthe foregoing I have hereun'to set my hand at Milwaukee in the county ofMilwaukee and State of Wisconsin in the presence of two witnesses.

-. DANIEL GLASGOW. Witnesses: i

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